State Colleges Also Face Cuts in Ambitions

by E Wayne Ross on March 19, 2009

The New York Times: State Colleges Also Face Cuts in Ambitions

TEMPE, Ariz. — When Michael Crow became president of Arizona State University seven years ago, he promised to make it “The New American University,” with 100,000 students by 2020. It would break down the musty old boundaries between disciplines, encourage advanced research and entrepreneurship to drive the new economy, and draw in students from underserved sectors of the state.